Hajj

Hajj

Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Mohammad Al-Qazwini, right, adjusts Murtaza Sakha's ihram robes before their group leaves Medina on the journey to Mecca. Murtaza, 9, has a debilitating condition that makes it almost impossible for him to walk. His father, Mustafa Sakha, 38, left, took the boy on the hajj in the hope that it would cure him.

Mohammad Al-Qazwini, right, adjusts Murtaza Sakha's ihram robes before their group leaves Medina on the journey to Mecca. Murtaza, 9, has a debilitating condition that makes it almost impossible for him to walk. His father, Mustafa Sakha, 38, left, took the boy on the hajj in the hope that it would cure him. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Mohammad Al-Qazwini, right, adjusts Murtaza Sakha's ihram robes before their group leaves Medina on the journey to Mecca. Murtaza, 9, has a debilitating condition that makes it almost impossible for him to walk. His father, Mustafa Sakha, 38, left, took the boy on the hajj in the hope that it would cure him.